Continuity mistake: When Cindy fights with the possessed cat, the cat picks up a chair, and as he does you can see the chair is a white colour. But when he smashes the chair over Cindy, the chair is brown. (00:33:30)
Continuity mistake: After Dwight rolls down the stairs Theo says "Look I know you're proud, OK, but just lemme help" then Dwight says "Step it back Candypants" to her, and he points at her, holding his gun in his hand. Then when the shot changes, the gun is now laying on the stairs, and Dwight's hand is empty. (00:56:40)
Continuity mistake: When Cindy climbs on top of the professor she place her hand on the table beside the professor's head. When it cuts, her hand is on his chest. (00:37:45)
Continuity mistake: One of the deleted scenes on the DVD shows the students suggesting ideas while the news reporters on TV discourage these ideas by reporting on strikes and recalls. The recall mentioned all Japanese cars exploding in rain. Cindy's car explodes, but hers is a Volkswagen, which is German.
Continuity mistake: When Tori Spelling discovers the ghost's secret room, she walks into it wearing her goggles over her eyes. She hears a noise behind her and turns around, and her goggles are up. (00:52:40)
Continuity mistake: After Cindy and Buddy decide to be friends and talk about 'stuff', Buddy starts talking about this Spanish girl doing some nasty stuff with him. At this point, the shot cuts and if you look at the floor you can see they are suddenly in a different part of the house. (00:28:15)
Continuity mistake: When Dwight opens the door and is down on the floor, Ray and Buddy help him. The big machine with the large red letters changes from reading "99:0..." to "00:00:00" then back to the "99:0..." between shots. (01:06:00)
Continuity mistake: When they are sitting down for dinner, the housekeeper pinches Ray's cheek and leaves mashed potatoes on his face. As the scene goes on, you can see the potatoes on his face one minute and the next his face is clean. (00:23:05)
Continuity mistake: When Shorty is done watering the plant he puts the container down beside the plant. As the plant begin to grow the container is gone. (00:38:50)
Continuity mistake: When Hanson hits Cindy with the bat she lands on the floor with all her hair lying on the floor. When it cuts some of her hair cover her mouth. (01:05:10)
Answer: There is no Child's Play reference in this movie, the closest one was the living clown doll, which is a spoof of "Poltergeist"